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Sarah Chase

Female 1695 - 1749  (53 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Sarah Chase was born on 15 Oct 1695 in Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA (daughter of Lieutenant Isaac Chase and Mary Tilton); died in 1749 in West Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA.

    Notes:

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    Buried in West Tisbury Village Cemetery

    Sarah married Samuel Cobb on 27 Jun 1716 in Vineyard Haven, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA. Samuel was born on 10 Sep 1691 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA; died between 1722 and 1782 in West Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Lieutenant Isaac Chase was born on 11 Apr 1650 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA (son of Thomas I Chase and Elizabeth Philbrick); died on 19 May 1727 in Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in South End Cemetery, Vineyard Haven, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA.

    Notes:

    Gravestone in Crossways Cemetery:
    Here lies the body
    of Lt Isaac Chase
    who died May ye 19
    1727 aged about
    80 years

    Lt. Isaac Chase was a Tisbury blacksmith, and a Quaker. He married (1st) Mary Perkins, and (2nd) Mary Tilton. He was the son of Thomas Chase.

    One of the original settlers of Tisbury, his estate comprised nearly the whole of the present village of Vineyard Haven.

    ISAAC CHASE.
    The progenitor of the Chase family of Martha's Vineyard, was born in Hampton, N. H., April 1, 1650, the third son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Philbrick) Chase. The family genealogies state that Thomas came from County Cornwall, England, to New England, and was the son of Aquila Chase of the Chesham, County Bucks family, whose pedigree extends back several generations. In what way Isaac Chase came to be interested in this distant island is not known, but the neighboring town of Salisbury, Mass., had already furnished many settlers for Nantucket, men of Quaker faith, and through this source it is probable that his knowledge of the Vineyard was acquired. At the age of 24 he came to Tisbury to settle (1674), but the townsmen refused the privilege to him for some reason at that time. Possibly it was because of his religious beliefs, which were of the Quaker doctrinal variety. 'The townsmen of Tysbury,' so reads the record, 'do not give unto Isack Chace of Hampton liberty to settle in the town.' [Tisbury Records, 8. We may surmise that they finally gave him permission to inhabit at Homes Hole, in the uttermost part of the town, many miles from the dwellings of any settlers. He was of Hampton in October 1673 (Norfolk Co. Deeds).] However he must have overcome this refusal before long, as we find him in less than two years making purchases of land in the town limits.

    He must have been possessed of more than the average wealth at that time as he became, before 1700, one of the largest landholders on the Vineyard. He began his purchases of Homes Hole neck in 1676, as elsewhere related, and finally became its sole proprietor. His property in the Chickemmoo region was second in extent of acreage. His initial purchase in 1682 became a subject of dispute with the Sachem and the town, and was relinquished; but in 1692 he bought the entire eastern half of Chickemoo of Thomas Tupper, consisting of 1200 acres, and was continually adding to his domain in that region. [Deeds, I, 130, 187, 281, 391.] He rarely sold any portion of these acquisitions and all of it, practically, became the heritage of his heirs.

    His occupation, as elsewhere detailed, was that of blacksmith, inn-holder, and ferryman, and these he followed until his death. Although by religion a Quaker, yet he does not seem to have been ultra orthodox in the faith, for he took military office as Lieutenant in the Company of Foot in Tisbury before 1692, and thus broke one of the principal tenets of that sect. In the political upheavals of that time Simon Atheam thus refers to him: 'Mr. Isaac Chase the Leueten't without oath he pleading for the quakers.' [Mass. Arch., CXII, 424. This is the only reference to the Quaker proclivities of Chase to be found in the record. The allusion to the oath relates to their objection to swearing, although willing to affirm to an act or statement.] During the remainder of his life he was generally called Lieutenant in the records of that period.

    He died May 19, 1727, and his will, dated Feb. 12, 1721-2, was proven in July, 1727. By it he bequeathed what lands he had not given away in his lifetime to his widow and surviving children and grandchildren. The Chickemmoo property was mostly deeded to his several sons, 1706-1718, and the Homes Hole neck was to a large extent, 1705-1717, similarly disposed of to Thomas, Isaac and Abraham. In 1725 this remained undivided and Lieut. Isaac and his son Abraham entered suit against the heirs of Thomas and Ebenezer Rogers for a partition. This was done, and the division then made by the jury is the basis of all land titles in Vineyard Haven north of the creek in front of the hospital.

    Isaac Chase was twice married; first to Mary, daughter of Isaac Perkins of Hampton, Feb. 20, 1673, by whom he had no issue; second to Mary Tilton, probably sister of Samuel of Hampton and Chilmark, Oct. 5, 1675, by Rev. John Mayhew. By his second marriage he had six sons and six daughters, who left a large progeny here and in Nantucket. He was a man of sterling worth and scrupulous honesty, and his life was singularly free from contentions and litigations with his neighbors.

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    Isaac married Mary Tilton on 5 Oct 1675 in Vineyard Haven, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA. Mary was born about 1658 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 14 Jun 1746 in Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in South End Cemetery, Vineyard Haven, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Mary Tilton was born about 1658 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 14 Jun 1746 in Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in South End Cemetery, Vineyard Haven, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Mary Chase

    Children:
    1. Captain Thomas Chase was born on 9 Nov 1677 in Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA; died on 22 Dec 1721 in Virginia, USA; was buried in South End Cemetery, Vineyard Haven, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA.
    2. Rachel Chase was born on 25 Oct 1679 in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts; died between 1706 and 1773.
    3. Isaac Chase was born on 21 Jan 1680 in Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA; died on 13 Oct 1716 in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.
    4. Abraham Chase was born on 10 Jan 1682 in Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA; died on 20 Dec 1763.
    5. James Chase was born on 15 Jan 1684 in Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1729 in Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA.
    6. Mary Chase was born on 17 Jan 1686 in Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA; died on 11 Aug 1788 in Carteret, North Carolina, USA.
    7. Joseph Chase was born on 26 Feb 1687 in Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA; died on 1 May 1749 in Edgartown, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA.
    8. Jonathan Chase was born on 28 Dec 1691 in Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA; died on 20 Jul 1742 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, USA.
    9. Hannah Chase was born on 25 Nov 1693 in Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA; died between 1718 and 1787.
    10. 1. Sarah Chase was born on 15 Oct 1695 in Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1749 in West Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA.
    11. Pricilla Chase was born on 12 Nov 1697 in Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA; died on 30 Dec 1753.
    12. Elizabeth Chase was born on 7 Sep 1703 in Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA; died on 27 Sep 1719.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Thomas I Chase was born on 25 Jul 1616 in London, England (son of Aquila Chase and Martha Sarah Jelliman); died on 5 Oct 1652 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA.

    Notes:

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    Thomas Chase was born possibly in Willesden Parish, Londonor Cromwell Parish, Nottingham. He died intestate in 1652. Early genealogical histories of the family indicate that Thomas and Aquila came from
    Cornwall, England. It is believed that they were employed by an uncle named Thomas Chase, who was part owner of a ship named "John & Francis" and that they learned to become navigators. Thomas' brother, Aquila, was granted land in Hamptonon the condition that he go to sea and service the town for four years. Thiswould tend to verify the above theory and would explain why they were found on the coast rather than in their original area of birth.

    The settlement of Hampton, New Hampshire Began on October 14, 1638, under the leadership of Rev. Stephen Bachiler. By the first part of 1639 another group arrived with Timothy Dalton, who became the associate pastor of the Hampton Church. It is probable that Thomas and Aquila were with this second group, as by 1640 immigrations had slowed considerably. We know that Thomas, at least, was in the second group as he is mentioned in a list of families that came to Hampton that second summer.

    In June of 1640 small grants were made to a number of people including Aquila and Thomas Chase. These grants were for six-acre house lots. Aquila later acquired six acres of upland meadow and swamp, which was sold to his brother, Thomas, when he moved to Newbury, now located in the present state of Massachusetts. In fact, it was his acknowledgement in court of the sale of all his land in Hampton, except a dwelling and one and one-half acre, to his brother, Thomas Chase of Hampton.

    On February 23, 1645/46 sixty owners of house lots were given one or more shares in the "Common" Aquila received one and Thomas two.

    Thomas' signature on a deed of sale to John Shilbrick shows that he was literate man. His purchase of land which abutted the river was probably to facilitate his livelihood. He was a seaman who paid for the building of a vessel by freighting boards from Exeter to Boston. The large trees along the coast were much in demand for the building of dwellings.

    The Thomas Chase homestead was a short way from "The Meeting House Green" and opposite that of his father-in-law, Thomas Philbrick. The site selected for the erection of a house of worship was on the northerly side of the salt marsh, about one-fourth mile distant from it. A large tract of land near it was called The Meeting House Green and included all of what ws later know as the Ring Swamp, along the road around it. A common-way was laid along the eastern edge and later became the main road to the seashore. Around the green and along the common-way many homes were built, some of which are still inhabitated by descendants of the original owners.[ThomasChaseDescendants.ged]

    Thomas married Elizabeth Philbrick on 5 Oct 1643 in USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas Philbrick and Elizabeth Knopp) was born on 23 Oct 1621 in Bures St. Mary, Suffolk, England; died on 11 Feb 1676 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Elizabeth Philbrick was born on 23 Oct 1621 in Bures St. Mary, Suffolk, England (daughter of Thomas Philbrick and Elizabeth Knopp); died on 11 Feb 1676 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA.
    Children:
    1. Thomas Chase was born in 1643 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 23 Oct 1714.
    2. Joseph Chase was born in 1645; died on 12 Jan 1716 in Hampton, Norfolk, New Hampshire.
    3. James Chase was born in 1649 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died before 7 Mar 1702.
    4. 2. Lieutenant Isaac Chase was born on 11 Apr 1650 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 19 May 1727 in Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in South End Cemetery, Vineyard Haven, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA.
    5. Abraham Chase was born on 6 Aug 1652 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1676.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Aquila Chase was born in 1580 in England (son of Richard Chase and Joan Bishop); died on 29 Aug 1670 in St. Nicholas, Cole Abbey, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Birth: 14 Aug 1580, Hundrich, England

    Aquila married Martha Sarah Jelliman on 22 Jun 1606 in London, England. Martha (daughter of John Jelliman and Margerie Lnu) was born in 1582 in Hundrich, Bucks, England; died on 15 Aug 1643 in St. Nicholas, Cole Abbey, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Martha Sarah Jelliman was born in 1582 in Hundrich, Bucks, England (daughter of John Jelliman and Margerie Lnu); died on 15 Aug 1643 in St. Nicholas, Cole Abbey, London, England.
    Children:
    1. Anne Chase was born on 26 Feb 1605 in London, England; died on 19 Jul 1609 in London, England.
    2. Sara Chase was born on 9 Feb 1609 in London, England; died on 2 May 1624.
    3. Martha Chase was born on 11 Mar 1609 in London, England; died about 11 Mar 1609.
    4. Joane Chase was born on 14 May 1615 in St. Nicholas, Chesham Bucjs, England; died before 1623 in London, England.
    5. 4. Thomas I Chase was born on 25 Jul 1616 in London, England; died on 5 Oct 1652 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA.
    6. Aquila Chase was born on 29 Mar 1618 in Chesham, England; died on 27 Dec 1670 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.
    7. Joan Chase was born on 30 Mar 1623 in England; died on 17 Aug 1624 in London, England.
    8. Elizabeth Chase was christened on 14 May 1615 in London, England; died on 17 Aug 1624.

  3. 10.  Thomas Philbrick was born before 13 Sep 1584 in Bures St. Mary, Suffolk, England; was christened on 13 Sep 1584 in Bures St. Mary, Suffolk, England; died on 4 Oct 1667 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Thomas FELBRIGGE II
    • Name: Thomas FYLBRIGG

    Thomas married Elizabeth Knopp on 4 Jun 1615 in Bures St. Mary, Suffolk, England. Elizabeth (daughter of Living and Living) was born about Jul 1593 in Bures St. Mary, Suffolk, England; was christened on 8 Jul 1593 in Bures St. Mary, Suffolk, England; died on 19 Feb 1663 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Elizabeth Knopp was born about Jul 1593 in Bures St. Mary, Suffolk, England; was christened on 8 Jul 1593 in Bures St. Mary, Suffolk, England (daughter of Living and Living); died on 19 Feb 1663 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA.
    Children:
    1. 5. Elizabeth Philbrick was born on 23 Oct 1621 in Bures St. Mary, Suffolk, England; died on 11 Feb 1676 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA.